Method for making boxes.



M. 'R. KONDOLF.

' METHOD FOR MAKING BOXES. APPLICATION man NOV- 5. l9l7.

Patented Nov. 5,1918.

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METHOD FOR MAKING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- s. 19H.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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METHOD FOR MAKING BOXES.

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M. n. KONDOLFf METHOD ron MAKING BOXES.

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METHOD FOR MAKING BOXES.

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August 21, 1916. this application filled To all whom it may com-em:

Be it hown that l, llfla'rmas R. KONDOM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods for Making Bones, of which the following is a specification.

The object oi this invention is to provide a newer improved method or process for making bones of two or more consecutive layers of material placed one within the other.

This and other objects of the invention will be fully illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereoi.

in the drawings,

Figute 1 illustrates one of the blanks used for making a section of a box made by my improved method, preferahly the outer section. i

Fig. 2 illustrates another one of the blanks used "loi' making another section of the box made by my improved method, preferably the inner section.

F lg. 25 is a perspective view showing the blank of Fig. 2 partly folded;

Fig. l is a perspective view showing the blank of Fig. l partly folded. A

Fig. is the perspective view showing the blanket F ig. 3 completely folded into a'box section and partly inserted in the box section formed by the folded blank shown in Fig. 4. V

Fig. (i is a perspective view of the completed box.

Figs. *5 and 8 show a dlfierent term of blank troin which the so-called locking strips shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are omitted,' and in which another type of locking device is used instead, Fig. 7 showing the blank fKOm whichthe inner section may be formed and Fig. 8 showing the hlanh from which the outer section may be formed.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Fig. l partly folded into a section.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Fig. 8 partly folded into a section.

Fig. ll is a perspective view of the com pleted box made with the blanks shown no Figs. 7 and 8.

ln the drawings, like reference numerals indicate like reference parts.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented FIQVQ a. less.

filled January 21, field, and Serial Ho. 116,04l7, filed November 5, 191?. seiiallto. 2%,38Z.

ei'ence numeral 2 indicates the blank shown in Fig. 2. The blank shown in Fig.1 is cut on thefull line 8, d, 5 and 6 and is heat 01 folded on the dotted lines on which lines it may or may not be scored. The part indicated by reference -numeral i will iorm the hottom of the hon. Reference numerals 8 and 9 indicate the sides of the box and i0 and 11 indicate the ends of the box. The ends will first be bent up to stand at right angles to the bottom '2', after which the corner pieces 12, 13, it and 15 will he host at right angles to the ends so as to lie parallel to each othee'and he embraced within the sides whichwould be bent up last as shown in Fig. 4;, after which the top edges 0T locking strips 16 and Not the sides 8 and 9 may be folded down-over the corner pieces, locking the arts of the section together except the loo ig strips themselves. lln this manner the outer section of the box will be formed. j The blank 2 shown in Fi 2 will be out on the full line 20, %l, 2 2 an 23. and will be folded on the dotted lines.- in this blank will form the bottom of the box; and. 5216 will form the sides of the hon; and 27 and 28 will form the ends of the box.

The sides 25 and 26 will first be bent up at right angles to the bottom 24:, aftenwhich the ends 2? and 28 will also he bent/up at i'ightangles to the bottom of the box. The corner pieces 29, 30 31 and 32, which are attached to the ends of the sides 25 and 26, will then be bent over the ends of the box as is shown in The upper margins or locking strips 3'? and 38, forming part of the ends 2? and 28, will be folded down over the corner pieces thus locking the parts of the section together except the locking w ll look shown in Fig. l,

between the two sections and thereby they will be held securely in place. lf the position of the sections is reversed, the locking strips in this case will be bent in the opposite direction and the other parts of each section will be folded to correspond so that. in the finished box the locking strips Wlll always be confined between the sect1ons.

It will be understood that the members of the inner blanks must be slightly smaller than the corresponding members in the outer blanks, so that the inner blanks can be nested in the outer blanks with the bot tom members in contact. This difference will be determined by the thickness of the stock used.

The box is finished by inserting the inner section of the boxin the outer section, as shown in Fig. 5, and pushing it down therein until the bottoms come together as shown in Fig. 6, Fig. 5 showing the two sections partly joined and Fig. 6 showing the two sections fully joined. Other methods of assembling the sections will be described hereinafter. The blanks from which the sections are formed will preferably be coated on one side with an adhesive coating so that the coating will be on' the members that are adjacent when the sections are folded and brought together. The layers will then be pressed closely together.

l have shown and described two sections joined together to make a complete box although it is obvious that any number of sections may be made and joined together in a single box.

The blanks are preferably made so that the locking strips of one'section will occur on the walls of the finished box that are at right angles to the walls having the locking strips of the other section. This, however, is not necessary.

In Figs. 7 and 8 l have shown blanks with other forms of locking devices. In Fig. 7, 50 indicates the bottom member, to the ends of which is attached the end members 51 and 52 and to the sides of which are attached the side members 53 and 54. Connected to the end members 51 and 52.are the corner pieces 54:, 55, 56 and 57. The corner pieces 55 and 56 have hook shaped ends 58 and 59 and the corner pieces 54; and 57 are provided with the slots 60 and 61. The hooked end 58 is intended to engage with the slot 61 and the hooked end 59 is intended to engage with the slot 60, when the blank is folded into the section as shown in Fig. 9, it being understood that Fig. 7 shows the blanks for making the section shown in Fig. 9, which section is used as the inner section of the box shown in 11.

In Fig. 8 l have shown the blank for making the outer section of the box shown in Figs. 10 and 11. In this blank 65 indicates memes the bottom of the box to which is connected the end members 66 and 67 and the-side members 68 and 69. On the ends of the side 7 members are connected the corner pieces 70 and 71, and 72 and 73. The corner pieces 71 and 7 2 have hook shaped ends 74: and 75 and the corner pieces 70 and 7 3 are provided with slots 7 6 and 77. The hooked end 75 is intended to engage with the slot 76 and the hooked end 7% is intended to engage with the slot 77 when the blank is folded into the section.

The bottom member 50 is provided with square corners, inside of which the bottom members are scored on a rounded line. Each of these corners is cut diagonally as indicated on the line 78 so that the corner outside of the rounded scored line can be turned up, the slit permitting the two halves to overlap each other, giving at each corner of the bottom member a rounded corner instead of a square corner. VVh-enthe side and end members of the blank carrying the corner portions are folded up to position as partially shown in Fig. 9, they will allow these corner portions to project from the section and when this section is inserted within another section, these corner portions will be automatically turned up by such act of insertion so as to lie between thesections and thus form rounded lower corners to the box and they will seal and strengthen the box as well. In the outer section as shown in Figs. 8 and 10, the corners of the bottom member will be cut ofi on the rounded lines shown in Fig. 8.

It will be understood that in the making of my improved box each outer and each inner blank is provided with locking means operative or complete in each blank. For example, in the blanks shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the flaps or strips 16, 17, 37 and 38 comprise the locking means therefor and in the blank shown in Fig. 7 the hooks 58 and 59 in con junction with the slots 60 and 61 comprise the locking means for this blank. /Vhen the blanks are folded these locking means operate to hold or lock part of the members of the section in position; thus, each locking strip of the blanks shown in Figs. 1 and 2 overlaps the wall member to which it is attached and holds two corner pieces in place-- the corner pieces in turn holding the wall members to which they are attached. The

locking strips or flaps themselves "are not, however, entirely held against movement in all directions and are regarded as loose members in the description of the sections made from these blanks. In the blank as shown in Fig. 7, the hooks engage their respective slots and thus lock or hold the corner pieces directly and the corner pieces in turn hold in place the wall members to which they are attached. The remaining wall members of each section are not entirely held against lib movement in all directions and so are regarded as loose members in the description of the sections made from this blank.

The blanks are so folded that in each section the so-called loose members of the outer section are free to move inwardly and the socalled loose members of the inner section are free to move outwardly. When the sections are brought together or assembled with the bottom members superimposed it is evident that the loose members of each section will be held in place between the locked members of their own section and the members of the next adjacent section and in the finished box all of the members will be held.

In the case where an adhesive is used between the layers of the box, it is most important that the parts be held in position during the pressing operation and during the time required to set the adhesive, in order to obtain a good quality of boxes. After the adhesive has set the members of the box are also held in place by the adhesive as well as by the locking means and method of assembling the sections as above described.

It will be understood that any one of the types of locking devices shown in any of the figures may be used in any of the sections or any combination of these locking devices may be used in the various sections.

It will be understood that in using any blanks suitable for my purpose, the corner pieces may be fastened together by any means other than what are shown or by the use of an adhesive.

I have described'herein what I consider a to be the simplest and easiest way of making a box according to my invention and it will be obvious that variations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

For example, instead of bending up each blank separately into a section and then assembling the sections, the inner section may be bent up into a section and the blank for the outer section may then be bent up parts so positioned so that'all parts will be held or locked in the finished box.

It will be understood that the boxes formed from the blanks as described herein are open boxes in the sense that they are without integral covers and require a separate lid or cover if the same is desired.

This application is a continuation in part of my prior applications No. 73468, filed January 21, 1916, and No. 116,047, filed August 21, 1916.

I claim:,

1. The method of sealing the lower corners of round cornered boxes which consists of formin the box with two sections separately fo ded with projectin corners on the inner section, said corners eing'turned up by the act of placing the inner section in the outer section.

2. The method of locking the members of two blanks to form a box which consists of first folding the blanks to form box sections with the loose members located on the inside of the outer section and on the outside of the inner section and then inserting the inner section within the outer section.

3. The method of making a box which consists in cutting two blanks to form inner and outer sections, locking part of the members of each section and bringing the sections together with their members so positioned that the loose members of each section are held between the locked members of the assembled sections.

4t. The method of making a box which consists in cutting two blanks to form inner and outer sections, coating each blank on one side with an adhesive, locking part of the members of one'section thereby, holding part of the members of each section in position and bringing the sections together with their members so positioned that the loose 100 members of each section are held between the locked members of the assembled sections and pressing the layers of the box closely together to set the adhesive and finish the box.

5. The method of making a compound box which consists in cutting two blanks to form inner and outer sections, each with locking means, folding each section into box form and locking members thereof on two opposite sides only, and assembling one box section with the other so that there will be one locking means on each of the four sides of the compound box.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MATHIAS R. KONDOLF. 

